sinful
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin
- "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"
- having committed unrighteous acts
- "a sinful person"
- far more than usual or expected
Adj
- Having sinned; guilty of sin.
- Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
- decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English synful, senful, sunful, from Old English synful (“sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt”), equivalent to sin + -ful. Compare Dutch zondevol (“sinful”), German sündevoll (“sinful”), Danish syndefuld (“sinful”), Swedish syndfull (“sinful”), Icelandic syndfullur (“sinful”).
Synonyms
abandoned, arrant, Babylonian, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, baneful, base, dark, decadent, deleterious, depraved, despicable, detrimental, devilish, diabolical, epicureal, epicurean, epicureous, epicurish, evil, extraordinary, flagitious, harmful, hedonic, hedonistic, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, immoral, incorrigible, iniquitous, iniquous, injurious, intemperate, knavish, lotus-eating, luxurious, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, nefarious, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, no-good, over-the-top, peccaminous, pernicious, reprehensible, reprobate, satanic, scathful, self-indulgent, sensualistic, sinful, sinister, sinny, sordid, sullen, sybarite, sybaritic, sybaritical, ungodly, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, voluptuarian, voluptuary, wicked, wrong
Scrabble Score: 9
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